2019 Regional Studies Association – Latin America Division Conference

Institutions, Governance and Regional Development:

Rethinking Local Economic Development from the Peripheries

30th September – 1st October 2019, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

https://www.regionalstudies.org/events/2019latinamericadivision/

 

Organised by the Regional Studies Association in partnership with the Universidad de los Andes, Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Sobre Desarrollo – Cider, Bogotá, Colombia

 

Dear List members,

 

The following forthcoming conference might be of interest to list members working on urban and regional development, policy or research with a focus on the Global South and beyond.

 

The 2019 RSA Latin American Division Conference in Bogotá will focus on understanding the formal and informal institutional processes through which local economic development occurs. It will have a particular emphasis on peripheral regions and small and medium-sized cities, both in the global North and the South, as well as on how the relationship between areas with large agglomerations, both domestic and globally, affect their opportunities for development.

 

Conference themes therefore include:

• Institutions and Local Economic Development
• Universities and Regional Development
• Uneven Development Dynamics in Peripheral Regions
• Extractivism, Biodiversity and Local Economic Development
• Rural-urban Linkages
• Place-leadership and Territorial Development
• Urban and Regional Politics and Governance
• Infrastructure and Regional Development
• Innovation and Cluster Policies in Peripheral Regions
• Global Value Chains and Global Production Networks
• Creative Districts and Displacement
• Post-Development and Post-Colonial Approaches to Local Economic Development
• Decentralisation and Urban and Regional Planning
• Class, Race, Gender and Local Economic Development
• Place-based and Place-sensitive Policies

 

The conference will have sessions in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and we welcome abstracts in these three languages.

 

Call for Abstracts

Please submit your abstract (up to 250-words and text only) through the RSA conference portal. More details at http://bit.ly/ladiv19

Abstract submission deadline 7^th June 2019

 

Special Sessions

We welcome submissions for Special Sessions (open or closed).

More details at http://bit.ly/ladiv19

Special Session proposal submission deadline: 6^th May 2019

 

Early Career Plenary Speaker Competition

The RSA has a deep-seated commitment to furthering and supporting the career development of Early Career Researchers (within 5 years after finishing their PhD).

More details on the competition is included in the Call for Abstracts at http://bit.ly/ladiv19

Application deadline: 10^th May 2019

 

If you have any questions concerning the application process, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Please forward to your colleagues which may find this of interest and distribute widely in your networks.

 

With thanks and best wishes

Katharina

 

Katharina Bürger

Conference and Events Officer

 

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